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' UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

JAMES F. MOCK, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNQR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN D.

, MQCK, OF SAME PLACE.

.BRICK'JTRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,738, dated August8, 1893.

Application filed January 21, 1893. Serial'llo, 459.115- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. MOOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Apparatus for Handling Brick, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My improvement relates'to apparatus for handling brick; and the objectsof the improvement are to provide a single apparatus operated by one manthat can be readily attached and detached from racks for the purpose ofconveying the latter when loaded with brick to their properly assignedplaces, as may be necessary in the manufacturing of the same, wherebygreen or newly pressed brick can be removed easily, quickly and withoutbeing damaged, from the machine to the dry-shed, and after drying fromthence to the kiln, and to curtail the expense and lighten the labor ofhandling the same. I accomplish these objects by means of the apparatuswhich will be hereinafter fully described and referred to in the claims.I

In the drawings which are made a part hereof, similar letters refer tosimilar parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the wheeled carrier in position tolift the rack. Fig. 2 is a front view of the wheeled carrier and Fig. 3is a perspective view of the rack Fig. 4 is a plan view of the axle.

The Wheeled carrier is provided with handle bars A, which are providedwith gripstocks 1), and are attached to the fulcrumposts F, by means ofthe saddle-clips I. To the handle-bars A, are bolted at 't', the legs orfeet 0, said legs or feet being also secured to the axle D by the clipM. The fulcrum-posts are joined to the axle D by means of the bolts J.The fulcrum-posts F F are provided at their upper ends with the spindlesj, upon which the arms N are mounted. The pieces E E form supportsorbraces from the axlespindles K to the fulcrum-post spindles j, and areheld in place by the set screws G and H.

N, N, are arms mounted on the fulcrumpost spindles j, by means of whichthe lifting posts T are raised and lowered, and to which the lever-armsO are bolted by the bolts P.

K K are the axle-spindles forming a beargle-joints at same.

R, is an operating lever to which the levering for the wheels or hubs L.The liftingpo'sts T and the arms N, N, are pivotally connected by meansof the bolts Q, forming togarms 0, are bolted by the bolts S. Thelifting-posts T, suspend the rack shown in Fig. 3 by the beam f. Theextensions U, U, to the lifting-posts T, rise above the rack as shown inFig. 1 and are joined to the lifting-posts T -by means of bolts Wand thestud-bolts V,

and are formed with a half turn m, at the stud-bolt V, which adds to thebearing ends of the lifting-posts T, and the half turn of the extensionsU brings their flat faces against the beam f and form guards whichautomatically adjust the carrier to the beam and rack. The braces B B,are attached to the handlebars A by the bolts h, and to the lifter-barsT by the stud-bolts V, which form a joint for the said braces B at saidbolts. The archbar X, connects the extensions U, U, by means of thebolts Y, Y.

Z is a lateral brace joined to the handlebars A by the bolts a, a.

The rack shown in Fig. 3 consists in, and forms a combination of themain posts or legs 0, the ties (1, binding the posts or logs, thestrengthening braces e, the beam f necessary in its peculiar shape asshown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to conform with the general c011-struction and add strength and rigidity to the rack; the same being themeans by which the rack is suspended on the lifting-posts T, and thebrackets g, twenty in number, necessarily pointed in shape to givecompactness and add material strength and rigidity to the generalconstruction of said rack, as well as to hold the pallets of brick.

In practical use the rack shown in Fig. 3, is placed at the brickmachine and the pallets of brick are placed thereon until the bracketsg, are filled. The carrier is then wheeled into the position shown'inFig. 1, the rack being between the wheels, and-the lifting-posts Tdirectly beneath the beam f. The operator then grasps the lever B, andpulls downward until the toggle-joints Q Q buckle slightly. Thismovement suspends the loaded rack from the lifting-posts T, and thebuckling of the joints Q holds it in suspension ICO until the lever B israised thus liberating the carrier truck from the rack and its load; orvice versa. The loaded rack can be wheeled to the dry shed and depositedat any desired point. The axle D is formed with two right angles oneforming the axle spindles K K, and the other a yoke horizontally yokingaround the rack-posts c and beneath the brackets g at either end, thusallowing the rack shown in Fig. 3, to be suspended from thelifting-posts T Without having the main posts or legs 0 touch the axle.

Fig. 4 is a view of the axle showing its horizontal position whentransversely attached to the carrier truck and its manner of yokingaround the rack-legs c.

sufficiently dry to place in the kiln, the racks are moved to the kilnin the same manner as from the machine.

It will be readily seen that this apparatus not only saves the labor ofseveral handlings but prevents the damage and waste .to the soft brickincident thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I 1 claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. In an apparatus for handling brick, the f wheeled carrierconsistingin an axle D, of the shape and position specified, thefulcrumposts F, combining a part thereof and joined thereto, the arms N,in union with the fulcrum-post spindles J, and bolts Q, formingtoggle-joints at same, and stud-bolts V, and extensions U, theirpeculiar shape and application, and operating lever B and lever arms 0and lifting-post T, and the means for operating the same substantiallyas shown and described.

2. In an apparatus for handling brick, a brick-rack carrier-truck asherein described in combination with a brick pallet rack consisting ofthe main posts a suitably braced and provided with brackets g, and thebeam By the use of this apparatus one man can perform the labor of four,where the brick are removed by hand. When the brick are fby which therack is suspended, substantially as shown and described.

3. An apparatus for handling brick, the combination of the wheeledcarrier formed and constructed as specified with the brick pallet rack,consisting of the legs a, the ties d, the braces e, and the beam f ofthe shape specified, as and for the purpose shown and described.

JAMES F. MOCK.

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GEo. A. Torr, P. M. BARNARD.

